AcademyHealth Blog

Welcome to the AcademyHealth blog, together with our members, we promote interaction across the health research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives. Here we offer important perspectives from people passionate about expanding access to care, reducing costs and improving quality, as well as updates on AcademyHealth activities relevant to the community.

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Increase Your Impact and Skills While Engaging with the Most Innovative Health Services Research at ARM

AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM) is just around the corner. AcademyHealth Vice President and longtime AcademyHealth member Bonnie Cluxton reflects on the legacy of ARM and why it remains a must attend event.

Posted May 25, 2022 By Bonnie Austin Cluxton, J.D., M.P.H.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods HSR Workforce Development ARM

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Exploring Payment and Delivery System Innovations to Improve Care at ARM

Kate Goodrich, a theme lead for AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting, highlights key research from the theme Payment and Delivery System Innovation that will be presented at the conference June 4-7.

Posted May 24, 2022 By Kate Goodrich, M.D., M.H.S.

Topics Paying for Care Costs & Payments ARM

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Charting a Path for the Nursing Profession to Advance Health Equity: Where Does the Evidence Lead?

An upcoming AcademyHealth webinar provides a behind-the-scenes look at how a research team generated evidence in real time for the NAM report on the Future of Nursing

Posted May 18, 2022 By Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., FAMIA

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Health Equity

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What to Expect at the In-Person 2022 Annual Research Meeting

Prepare for this year’s conference, the first in-person Annual Research Meeting since the start of the pandemic, with tips on navigating the agenda, networking, and more.

Posted May 16, 2022 By Tess Bernhard

Topics ARM

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Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: Federal Priorities, Challenges, and Opportunities

The final post of the Health Equity Meeting blog series explores federal priorities and initiatives undertaken by the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation targeted towards advancing health equity in Medicaid.

Posted May 16, 2022 By Elizabeth McAvoy, Madelyn Mustaine

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Delivering Better Care Using Health Data

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Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: Five Recommendations for Measuring and Interpreting Racial Disparities in Health Care

The sixth post in AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Health Equity series summarizes five recommendations for researchers to measure and interpret racial disparities in health care more accurately.

Posted May 6, 2022 By Rachel Campbell-Baier , Susan Kennedy, M.P.P., M.S.W.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Health Equity Analytic Tools Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Contract Research's Unique Contribution to Health Policy

AcademyHealth members Sara Galantowicz and Rachel Henke highlight the role of contract research in the health policy ecosystem, as well as contract research events planned for the in-person 2022 Annual Research Meeting.

Posted May 6, 2022 By Sara Galantowicz, M.P.H., Rachel Henke, Ph.D.

Topics ARM

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Read on Washington: April 2022 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on federal appropriations, new AHRQ initiatives, the National Health Policy Conference and Health Datapalooza, maternal health outcomes reforms, and more.

Posted May 3, 2022 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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Conference Highlights Opportunities for a More Equitable, Just Health Care System

The 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference featured issues related to health care organization and delivery and how those aspects affect quality and outcomes, with an emphasis on advancing equity.

Posted May 2, 2022 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Delivering Better Care Health Equity Hospitals & Health Systems Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

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Moving Towards Equitable Innovation: Lessons Learned from AcademyHealth’s 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference

At AcademyHealth’s 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference, panelists discussed how they are leveraging new data techniques, as well as community and patient perspectives into design, interoperability, and data sharing decisions to improve overall health outcomes.

Posted Apr 29, 2022 By Rachel Campbell-Baier

Topics Health Equity Using Health Data Delivering Better Care National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza